The Ciara Phelan Podcast: Mary McEvoy on her eating disorder, depression and Gay Byrne's help

Actress Mary McEvoy; at The Mill Theatre Dundrum. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Actress Mary McEvoy has told how she struggled with fame as a result of playing Biddy Byrne inGlenroe and said it was the late Gay Byrne who first noticed she wasn’t herself.

Ms McEvoy also spoke about how she developed an eating disorder as she tried to cope with depression, how bullying impeded her taking another career path and how Pilates has changed her life.